Originally Posted by
screwy
Yep, just went to the dealer and got the access panel cover from a non-step tailgate and swapped everything out before having it line-x'd. The step is still in there, which admittedly does come in handy, but not having the pole in the way of loading is very nice.
I don't mind my step, but the pole sucks! Its all scraped and rusted from the carbides on my sleds when I load them, gonna have to do this delete as well.
How much did the non-pole panel cost you?